Radio daily (Feb-Mar 1937)

RADIO DAILY: Tuesday. March 9, 191! Vol. 1. No. 20 Tues., Mar. 9, 1937 Price 5 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Publisher DON CARLE GILLETTE : : : Editor MARVIN KIRSCH : : Business Manager Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Radio Daily Corp. J. W. Alicoate. I'resident and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Treasurer and Generil Manager; Chester B. Bahn, Vice-President; Charles A. Alicoate, Secretary; M. H. Shapiro, Associate Editor; John B. English, Advertising Manager. Terms (Post free) United States outside of Greater New York, one year, $5; foreign, year, $10. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to RADIO DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New S'ork, N. Y. Phone Wisconsin 7-6336, 7-6337, 7-6338, 7-6339. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood. Calif.— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. Copyright, 1937, by Radio Daily Corp. All rights reserved. FINANCIAL (Monday, Mar. 8) NEW YORK STOCK High Am. Tel. & Tel. 179'/2 Crosley Radio 26 V4 Gen. Electric 62'/2 North American . . 30% RCA Common !2'/2 RCA First Pfd 78V4 RCA $5 Pfd. B ( Stewart Warner 18% Zenith Radio 38'/2 NEW YORK CURB Hazeltine Corp Majestic 4'/2 Nat. Union Radio 3 EXCHANGE Net Low Close Chg. 178i/2 178V2 + y4 251/2 25'/2 — 1 61 1/4 61 1/2 — 1/2 29% 30 — % 12 12 78 78 —1 100 Bid) 18% 18% 37% 373A — 1 EXCHANGE 4'/2 2% 41/2 2% OVER THE COUNTER Bid Asked CBS A 57% 58% CBS B 56% 583, Stromberg Carlson 17i/2 18% New Ida Bailey Allen Series Ida Bailey Allen launches a new series Thursday over WHN, presenting V. H. Cartmell in the first program labelled "Library Shelf." In the future visitors will be allowed to witness Mrs. Allen's regular broadcasts. McCormack Sponsors "Find" John McCormack will sponsor a "find" for the first time in his career when he introduces Robert Irwin, young Irish baritone, to American radio fans on the Magic Key of RCA, next Sunday, 2-3 p.m., over the NBC-Blue net. BIRTHD 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 '5, 25 26 27 28 29 30 March 9 Greetings from Radio Daily lo Arthur Caesar NETWORK SONG FAVORITES Following is an accurate list of performances for the week ending March 6, covering songs played from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. on CBS and two NBC networks. Only compositions played 15 times or more are included. This listing is a regular Tuesday feature in RADIO DAILY. Selection Publisher Times Played This Year's Kisses (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 32 May I Have The Next Romance (Leo Feist, Inc.) 28 Good Night My Love (Robbins Music Corp.) 24 Boo Hoo (Shapiro, Bernstein) 23 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Irving Berlin. Inc.) 23 Trust In Me (Ager-Yellen-Bornstein) 22 When My Dreamboat Comes Home (Witmark & Sons) 22 Gee, But You're Swell (Remick Music Corp.) 21 Serenade In The Night (Mills Music, Inc.) 21 What Will I Tell My Heart (Crawford Music Corp.) 21 I Can't Lose That Longing For You (Donaldson Douglas & Gumble). . 18 Moonlight & Shadows (Popular Melodies) 18 Swing High Swing Low (Famous Music Corp.) 18 When The Poppies Bloom Again (Shapiro, Bernstein) 18 Love & Learn (Chappell & Co.) 17 Smoke Dreams (Robbins Music Corp.) 17 With Plenty Of Money And You (Harms, Inc.) 17 On A Little Bamboo Bridge doe Morris Music Co.) 16 Slumming On Park Avenue (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 16 He Ain't Got Rhythm (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 15 Little Old Lady (Chappell & Co.) 15 Summer Night (Remick Music Corp.) 15 You're Laughing At Me (Irving Berlin, Inc.) 15 Newspapers Seek 103 New Stations (Continued from Page 1) the transfer of control of existing stations to newspapers. Two hun dred stations are now controlled by newspapers, the report showed. "Even the open-handed policy thus far pursued has not been able to keep up with the demands of newspapers for broadcast stations," Commissioner Stewart says. "There are 113 cities in which all local broadcast stations are under newspaper control. In the case of only 78 out of the total of 200 newspaper controlled stations does the newspaper interest date from the construction permit or other original authorization. In the other 122 cases the newspaper interest has been proiected into an already existing station. "It seems to me that the Commission should not create a situation which may result in the control of the only local broadcast station passing to a newspaper." Mutual System Adding 10 Southwest Stations Wonders Will Join Rockwell-O'Keefe (Continued from Page 1) sation with R.-O. Attorney Bernard li. Miller, who drew up the agreement. Wonders recently resigned as head of the Columbia Broadcasting System's Artists Bureau, which he managed for over six years. (Continued from Page 1) Glenn Condon, its managing director. Raymond E. Buck, president of KTAT, represented his station in the negotiations. Both deals were closed last week by Weber on his western trip through Texas and Oklahoma. Rates for the Oklahoma network for an evening half-hour is $243 and for equal time on KTAT is $75; WRR, $65. Now that Mutual has representation in the southwest their next expansion step will be in the northwest. The Don Lee System is also planning to extend its network into this territory. So between MBS and Don Lee, which are affiliated, an announcement can be looked for any day on the acqusition of new stations in this area. Last month's billings for Mutual reached an all-time high, $202,088, an increase of 38.2 per cent against the corresponding month last year. February gross was the highest monthly figure ever billed by Mutual. 749,244 RCA "B" Shares Retired in Conversion (Continued from Page 1) terday at the Securities & Exchange Commission. Stock was surrendered by RCA for conversion into $3.50 cumulative convertible first preferred stock and common stock. Graham-Paige on KYW Philadelphia — Graham-Paige Corp., Detroit, yesterday started a new series of five minute UP news reports, Mondays through Saturdays, on KYW. I JjKrScUf/L-. TONIGHT'S BEST BET: ( 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. / Original Amateur Hour V With Col. J. C. Flippen I 1AIUKI DIAL 1010 If Bill AFFILIATED with M-G-M 8, LOEWS cominc and Gome LESTER GOTTLIEB is back at Mutual netwe headquarters in New York after a one-we trip to various affiliated stations of the w< SHEP FIELDS goes to Philadelphia Thursd to open a week's engagement at the E theater in that city. JOHN HELD JR. leaves tonight via Unit A rlines for Iowa, from which point he'll broa cast his Pontiac show honoring the U. of low BARRY McKINLEY leaves today for a ten-d vacation in Miami. RICHARD FISHELL is en route to Miami I a two-week vacation. WILLIAM A. THOMSON and MRS. THOMSC arrve today on the Santa Rosa from a southe cruise. He is director of the Bureau of Advc tising. ANPA of New York. BAKER KENNY Wa rwick. is stopping at the Hot JACK BENNY and MARY LIVINGSTONE a at the Lombardy. JACK FRASER. NBC announcer, left yeste day for a ten-day cruise to Nassau. HARRY J. HOLLOWAY of the NBC ne> division is visiting KYW, Philadelphia, on ne' business. Station executives in town include: CLAf LUTHER, WOC; DON SEARLE. WIBW WILLIA CHERRY JR., WPRO. JOHN McCORMAC KWKH. was in town yesterday and left f Chicago. CHARLES E. GREEN left yesterday for a swi through Southern territory, particularly to viv the CRA Texas offices. Will be gone about week. Passion Play Series On WBIG, Greensbor Greensboro, N. C. — "The Passic Play" produced by The Ave Mar Players will be presented over WBI in eight installments starting Pali Sunday, March 21, and continuin with a chapter daily through East< Sunday, March 28. First half -hoi program will be at 1-1:30 p.m., an the others in the evening. Acquire Oppenheim Works McKnight & Jordan, Inc., prograi producers, have acquired the rad rights to the works of E. Phillips Oi penheim. Deal allows producer permission to re-arrange Oppenheii stories to the extent of running or central detective character througl out series. Kill Anti-Liquor Bill Olympia, Wash. — Bill to prohib any kind of liquor advertising on th air has been killed in the state legi; lature. The Tavern RADIO'S RENDEZVOUS MAKE THIS YOUR LUNCHEON — DINNER — SUPPER CLUB 158 W. 48th St. "Toots" Shor